Sanitary wash compact



Jan. 26, 1965 J. BosKo ET AL 3,167,077

SANITARY WASH COMPACT Filed Jan. 2, 1962 INVENTORS.

JOHN M. 805 K 0.

JOHN LAWRENCE BOSKO.

United States Patent 3,157,077 SANITARY WASH COMPACT John Lawrence Eoskoand John M. Bosiro, both of 6691 Cleveland Road, Ravenna, Ohio FiledJan. 2, 1962, Ser. No. 163,638 2 (Ilairns. (Cl. 13279) This inventionrelates to tool and equipment more particularly to personal sanitarywash sponge utility equipment and compact parcel.

It is the object of the present invention to provide pocket sizepersonal sanitary wash sponge utility compact parcel which will beinexpensive but very useful under all conditions in all types of travelby all means of transportation in air, sea, on land, in space or underwater.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide sanitarycleanliness to an individual person or family under all conditions inthe absence of water supply. It is efiicient in its use in operation forit is in the compact parcel with moist, wet and dry sponge, wash towel,dry towel, and soaps which are used for personal clean wash under allconditions. For use in hospitals, schools, stations (such as, firedepartments, police departments, army stations, industrial dispensaries,and first aid stations), hotels or at home when attached to otherutility objects or sink for its use. Its use will not only beconvenient, safe and sanitary, but it will conserve water, also it willconserve on soap and its leftovers.

Other objects of the invention are to provide convenient wash in theimmediate time and place under any emergency conditions. This spacetravel utility sanitary wash sponge compact parcel of pocket or pursesize has elastic rubber cord which enables each person to keep it ready.It can also be attached to "wrist or to any clothing button orbuttonhole, or to other near convenient objects or to wear it on yourneck in front for immediate use.

Other objects of the invention are to provide clean and sanitary,convenient and useful, necessary pocket size wash sponge utility for ourArmed Forces, for our Peace Corps, for our national defense at home, atwar or in peace. For domestic use toconserve water, save time, as thiscompact unit can be conveniently attached to the bathroom sink, faucetor water turn knob in the bathtub by all members of the family. It mayalso be attached to a persons wrist for self-service in the shower. Theelastic rubber fibre cord which is formed into a tie worn on the wristor over the neck permits flexibility in washing all parts of the body.

Other objects of the invention are to provide necessary sanitary firstaid conveniently and efiiciently in time of emergencies where parts ofthe body must be immediately cared for due to accidents, or in time ofwar to care for enemy inflicted injuries such as bullet wounds, stingsor mosquito bites, some plant poisoning, atomic radiation, biochemicalor other germ warfare to which body can be afiiicted by direct contactof water, gas or air carrier. In time of war, an enemy may useirritating gases on the order of mustard gas which if it gets in contactwith the skin of a person in service, will produce irritation,inflammation etc. unless it is quickly washed out with soap toneutralize its effect. A good clean sponge embodying water and soap to acertain degree and carried in a convenient sanitary manner will help tokeep a body surface clean in an emergency.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the use and benefitof the invention, reference may be made to the following detaileddescription taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, inwhich:

FIGURE 1 is a front and side view of the compact parcel folded /2, of afamily size towel fold in which is inserted from both ends a wash spongesoaked with a t air tight.

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hydro-solution, soap, or other desirable solutions to retain thenecessary moisture for immediate wash. Fibre could be made of anyconventional usable, soft material on which rubber fibre cord is putthrough the fibre for an easy and convenient rubber tie.

FIGURE 2 is a rectangular shaped saturated wash sponge containing anyhydro-solution, soap or any other desirable wash solution. This couldalso be a bar of soap or flakes of soap which would hold firmly wheninserted in the sponge and then into the wash towel fold.

FIGURE 3 is a general view of a larger wash sponge which is rolled inhalf and inserted in the towel fold and contains any hydro-solution orany desirable solution such as soap, baking soda, or other medicatedsolution for first aid.

FIGURE 4 is a front view of the smaller size wash towel and wash sponge,which sponge is inserted in a pocket fold from one end only. This unitcould be inserted in the larger wash towel (see FIGURE 1).

FIGURE 5 is a general view of the rubber fibre cord made of anyconventional rubber fibre cord or tape reinforced with any clothmaterial.

FIGURE 6 is a general view of a parcel made of flexible elastic, rubber,plastic or any other water proof material which could be stitched orcemented or could be rubber or plastic molded. The bag is elongated in atapered shape, wider at the bottom and tapered to the top opening andinside contains towel and wash sponge as it is put in on a rubber cordand extending out. If this material was transparent it would show butthe material need not be transparent. On one side of the tapered upperend are two eye holes for attachment to the wrist or other part of thebody for convenience of administering sponge saturated wash application.

FIGURE 7 is a front and side view of the compact parcel as it closed orsealed in order to make it water and This compact parcel is flexibleenough to fold against the body wash sponge content within. The rubberfibre cord or tape which is slipped over the wash sponge content throughthe center to hold the moisture in and the air out.

Referring now more in detail to the drawing of the space travel. utilitysanitary sponge/wash compact parcel, 10 shows thread fabric of a cloth,11 shows fabric on the folded wash towel, 12 shows stitching on the foldof the towel fabric, 13 shows hydro-solution saturated wash sponge, 14shows rubber fibre cord, 15 shows where the rubber fibre cord meets andties, 16 shows loop tied through the fabric, 17 shows edge ofrectangular sponge, 18 shows bar of soap or flakes of soap as it isplaced for insertion into wash sponge, 19 shows edge of larger washsponge which rolls in, 20 shows bar of soap or flakes of soap as it isrolled into the wash sponge, 21 shows threads of fibre of smaller washtowel, 22 shows stitching along one side of pocket fold and forms anopening at one side, 23 shows edge of the wash sponge as it is insertedinto the fold, 24 shows same as 16 in larger wash towel, 25 shows rubbercord loop as it is tied to the wrist or any other object, 26 shows sameas 15 on larger wash towel, 27 shows rubber cord, 28 shows rubber insideof fabric, 29 shows fabric which is over the cord, 30 shows the sidewall, 31 shows the stitching along the bottom and on the side, 32 showsthe eye holes, 33 shows the rubber cord, 34 shows the knot with two endstogether, 35 shows the folded edge, 36 shows the upper tapered opening,37 shows the cord as it lowers and elevates wash sponge partly rolledwithin the compact parcel, 39 shows the compact parcel folded over thewash sponge, 46 shows the side bend over the lower body of the compactparcel, 41 shows a bend which expands over the Wash sponge parcel withinto make it air and water tight, 42 shows the eye hole on the compactparcel, 43 shows stitching or cementing on 3 the edges of compactparcel. FIGURE 6 clearly shows that the inside towel and saturatedsponge rolled together to be longer as a unit than the length of the topoutlet of the bag, whereby the towel and sponge will not fall out ofthebag if open and therefore permits the top portion of the bag to befolded downwardly over the lower portion of the bag to seal thesaturated sponge therein and prevent evaporation.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shallbe understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope ofthe present invention as defined by the appended claims.

What we claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of theUnited States is:

1. A toilet article especially adapted for use while traveling wherewater is not always available comprising an open top type bag andcleansing means therein, said bag having a front and rear wall with onesealed side wall edge portion with openings extending through the upperportion thereof, a sealed bottom edge portion, and one integral sidewall edge portion, said side edge portions tapering inwardly andupwardly, the bottom edge portion being wider than the open top of thebag, said cleansing means consisting of towel fabric with an end thereoffolded over and stitched together to form a cylindrical pocket for asponge and a bar of soap, said sponge being saturated with a liquid andof U-shape in transverse cross-section providing a trough between thewalls thereof, the said bar of soap being retained in said trough, theends of said pocket being open to form a mouth therefore, said saturatedsponge and bar of soap deposited within said pocket, said pocket beingsubstantially the same length as the internal width of said bag, aflexible cord secured midway between its ends to said cylindrical pocketmidway between its ends, the free ends of said flexible cord beingknotted together by means of which the cleansing means may be held onones wrist, a flexible cord attached to the upper end portion of saidbag by extending through the openings in the upper sealed edge portionand adapted to extend horizontally around said article when said upperend of said bag is folded downwardly into contact with the lower endportion thereof and seal the towel with the saturated sponge and bar ofsoap against the bottom portion of the bag to maintain the saturatedsponge in a moist condition.

2. A bath package of the class described for travel use comprising anopen top type bag with cleansing means therein, said bag consisting of afront side wall, a back side wall, with one side sealed edge portiontapering in- Cir wardly and upwardly, and a sealed bottom edge portion,said cleansing means consisting of a strip of towel fabric having an endportion folded over upon itself and stitched thereto forming asubstantially cylindrical transverse pocket extending from the oppositeside edges of said strip of towel fabric, the length of said pocketbeing greater in length than the top width of said bag, an elongatedshaped Wash sponge saturated with a liquid and of U-shape in transversecross-section embodying two side walls and an integral concave bottomwall, a bar of soap arranged between the side walls of said sponge andjuxtaposed said concave bottom wall, said saturated sponge with said barof soap arranged within said transverse pocket of said strip of towelmaterial, said strip of towel material and said sponge and bar of soaparranged within said bag in close relationship with the sealed bottomedge portion thereof, the top portion of said bag being shorter in widththan the bottom sealed edge portion thereof and is folded downwardlyover and upon one of its side walls, said sealed side edge portion beingprovided with openings therethrough at the upper end thereof, a flexiblecord means attached midway its ends to said pocket midway between itsends and having its free ends knotted together forming a loop by whichthe cleansing means may be securely held on ones Wrist in use, a secondflexible cord arranged through said openings in said side sealed edgeportion of said bag for retaining said bag in closed position whenwrapped there around after the top portion of the bag is foldeddownwardly over the lower portion thereby retaining the cleansing meansagainst the inside sealed bottom edge portion of the bag whereby saidsaturated sponge will be maintained in a moist condition when carriedwhile traveling.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 837,759 12/06Weston 15568 1,346,441 7/20 Cannon 206-47 1,351,311 8/20 Virneburg l32791,404,401 1/22 Novick 13279 1,598,574 8/26 Gibson 13279 1,608,934 11/26Goldsmith 20647 1,796,519 3/31 Goeller 13279 3,066,347 12/62 Vosbikianet al 15-668 RICHARD A. GAUDET, Primary Examiner.

LAVERNE D. GEIGER, Examiner,

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1. A TOILET ARTICLE ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE WHILE TRAVELING WHEREWATER IS NOT ALWAYS AVAILABLE COMPRISING AN OPEN TOP TYPE BAG ANDCLEANSING MEANS THEREIN, SAID BAG HAVING A FRONT AND REAR WALL WITH ONESEALED SIDE WALL EDGE PORTION WITH THE OPENINGS EXTENDING THROUGH THEUPPER PORTION THEREOF, A SEALED BOTTOM EDGE PORTION, AND ONE INTEGRALSIDE WALL EDGE PORTION, SAID SIDE EDGE PORTIONS TAPERING INWARDLY ANDUPWARDLY, THE BOTTOM EDGE PORTION BEING WIDER THAN THE OPEN TOP OF THEBAG, SAID CLEANSING MEANS CONSISTING OF TOWEL FARBIC WITH AN END THEREOFFOLDED OVER AND STITCHED TOGETHER TO FORM A CYLINDRICAL POCKET FOR ASPONGE AND A BAR OF SOAP, SAID SPONGE BEING SATURAED WITH A LIQUID ANDOF U-SHAPE IN TRANSVERSE CROSS-SECTION PROVIDING A TROUGH BETWEEN THEWALLS THEREOF, THE SAID BAR OF SOAP BEING RETAINED IN SAID TROUGH, THEENDS OF SAID POCKET BEING OPEN TO FORM A MOUTH THEREFORE, SAID SATURATEDSPONGE AND BAR OF SOAP DEPOSITED WITHIN SAID POCKET, SAID POCKET BEINGSUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME LENGTH AS THE INTERNAL WIDTH OF SAID BAG, AFLEXIBLE CORD SECURED MIDWAY BETWEEN ITS ENDS TO SAID CYLINDRICAL POCKETMIDWAY BETWEEN ITS ENDS, THE FREE ENDS OF SAID FLEXIBLE CORD BEINGKNOTTED TOGETHER BY MEANS OF WHICH THE CLEANSING MEANS MAY BE HELD ONONE''S WRIST, A FLEXIBLE CORE ATTACHED TO THE UPPER END PORTION OF SAIDBAG BY EXTENDING THROUGH THE OPENINGS IN THE UPPER SEALED EDGE PORTIONAND ADAPTED TO EXTEND HORIZONTALLY AROUND SAID ARTICLE WHEN SAID UPPEREND OF SAID BAG IS FOLDED DOWNWARDLY INTO CONTACT WITH THE LOWER PORTIONTHEREOF AND SEAL THE TOWEL WITH THE SATURATED SPONGE AND BAR OF SOAPAGAINST THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE BAG TO MAINTAIN THE SATURATED SPONGEIN A MOIST CONDITION.